1997–98 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Statistics of First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1997–98 season. It was contested only by Bosniak and Croatian clubs. Serbian clubs played in the 1997–98 First League of the Republika Srpska.

Overview

It was contested by 6 teams. Željezničar have won the championship.

First round

Bosniaks First League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bosna (Q)	30	19	3	8	55	28	+27	60
2	Čelik (Q)	30	16	8	6	48	30	+18	56
3	Sarajevo (Q)	30	15	8	7	56	33	+23	53
4	Željezničar (Q)	30	14	7	9	49	42	+7	49
5	Sloboda Tuzla	30	13	7	10	39	27	+12	46
6	Gradina Srebrenik	30	13	5	12	41	42	−1	44
7	Zenica	30	12	7	11	34	29	+5	43
8	Zmaj od Bosne	30	10	11	9	38	35	+3	41
9	Drina Zvornik-Živinice	30	12	5	13	30	31	−1	41
10	Velež	30	11	7	12	44	52	−8	40
11	Jedinstvo Bihać	30	11	5	14	30	40	−10	38
12	Radnički Lukavac	30	9	9	12	32	38	−6	36
13	Rudar Kakanj	30	10	6	14	28	32	−4	36
14	Olimpic (R)	30	10	5	15	36	50	−14	35
15	Travnik (R)	30	9	6	15	35	45	−10	33
16	Rudar Breza (R)	30	3	7	20	29	79	−50	16

Updated to games played on 2009-04-18.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

BOV

ČEL

DRZ

GRA

JED

LUK

OLI

RKA

RUB

SAR

SLO

TRA

VEL

ZEN

ZMA

ŽEL

Bosna

1–0

2–0

5–1

3–2

5–1

3–0

1–0

3–0

1–1

3–0

1–0

4–1

1–0

5–0

1–0

Čelik

2–0

0–1

1–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

0–0

6–0

3–1

2–1

5–1

3–0

2–0

2–0

1–1

Drina Zvornik-Živinice

0–0

3–4

0–1

3–0

2–0

1–0

0–0

4–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

2–0

2–1

2–0

2–1

Gradina Srebrenik

4–0

3–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

4–1

3–2

1–2

1–0

3–2

2–0

1–1

4–1

Jedinstvo Bihać

2–1

4–1

0–2

2–0

1–0

4–1

2–0

7–0

0–0

2–0

3–0

1–1

0–0

2–1

3–1

Lukavac

2–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

1–0

0–0

4–1

2–0

2–5

3–2

0–3

2–0

1–1

0–1

1–0

Olimpic

0–2

1–2

1–0

2–0

3–1

3–1

2–0

3–0

1–5

2–0

1–1

4–0

3–2

2–0

2–4

Rudar Kakanj

0–1

1–1

3–0

2–0

4–0

0–0

1–0

3–2

1–3

0–2

1–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

0–0

Rudar Breza

1–5

1–4

2–0

2–1

0–0

3–3

1–0

0–1

2–2

1–2

1–3

2–2

2–3

1–1

0–0

Sarajevo

2–1

3–0

2–1

3–2

3–0

2–2

2–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

5–1

3–0

0–0

2–0

1–1

Sloboda Tuzla

2–0

5–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

0–0

2–1

2–0

3–1

4–1

4–1

2–1

0–0

0–1

Travnik

1–2

0–1

2–0

0–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

1–1

3–1

0–0

1–0

2–3

0–1

1–1

4–1

Velež

0–1

1–1

1–0

3–0

3–0

1–1

7–2

3–1

0–0

3–2

2–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

4–3

Zenica

0–0

1–2

1–0

3–0

1–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

4–1

2–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

3–1

2–0

Zmaj od Bosne

4–1

1–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

0–0

5–0

1–0

5–0

2–1

0–0

4–2

2–0

1–0

1–1

Željezničar

2–1

1–1

3–0

2–1

2–1

1–0

3–1

2–0

3–2

1–2

1–0

4–1

3–1

2–1

4–4

Source: SportSport.ba (Bosnian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nermin Hajdarević	Čelik Zenica	19
	Nermin Vazda	Željezničar
3	Sead Vranić	Bosna Visoko	16
4	Alen Avdić	Sarajevo	14
5	Adis Obad	Velež Mostar	13
6	Abdulah Ibraković	Gradina	11
	Nermin Hrvat	Rudar Breza

• Source: SportSport.ba forum

Croat First League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Široki Brijeg (Q)	30	24	4	2	87	10	76
2	Zrinjski Mostar (Q)	30	19	7	4	72	21	64
3	Orašje	30	18	3	9	65	31	57
4	Brotnjo Čitluk	30	16	8	6	64	29	56
5	Troglav Livno	30	17	4	9	51	25	55
6	Stolac	30	14	7	9	57	35	49
7	Kiseljak	30	13	5	12	42	37	44
8	GOŠK Gabela	30	13	4	13	43	48	43
9	Ljubuški	30	13	4	13	46	44	43
10	Posušje	30	11	6	13	44	45	39
11	Sloga Uskoplje	30	10	5	15	44	64	35
12	Vitez	30	9	7	14	37	53	34
13	Novi Travnik (R)	30	8	4	18	28	83	28
14	Napredak Matići (R)	30	7	3	20	26	65	24
15	Usora Žabljak (R)	30	6	4	20	36	81	22
16	Kostrč (R)	30	3	3	24	21	93	12

Playoffs

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Final

Group Sarajevo

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Željezničar	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Bosna	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Zrinjski	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0

27 May 1998
Željezničar	3–0	Bosna
30 May 1998
Željezničar	2–1	Zrinjski
2 June 1998
Bosna	3–0	Zrinjski

Group Mostar

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sarajevo	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Široki Brijeg	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	3
Čelik	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0

27 May 1998
Široki Brijeg	0–1	Sarajevo
30 May 1998
Sarajevo	1–1	Čelik
2 June 1998
Široki Brijeg	6–1	Čelik

Final

Sarajevo v Željezničar

5 June 1998 20:15 CEST

Sarajevo	0 – 1	Željezničar
	Report	Zubanović  89'

Koševo, Sarajevo Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

Both clubs qualified for UEFA Cup 1998-99.

References

• Bosnia-Herzegovina - List of final tables (RSSSF)